Boehner Turns Down Biden Invitation to Visit Pope

3/14/2013 4:25PM

President Obama invited John Boehner to travel with Vice President Joe Biden to Rome to watch the Roman Catholic Church install its first pope from the Americas in its 2,000-year history. Too bad he's busy. Aaron Zitner reports. Photo: Getty Images.

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